The year 2014 brought us a number of new books from Baltimore’s prolific community of local authors – all are available at The Ivy Bookshop right now, and there is truly something for everyone.

James Magruder, Let Me See It

a collection of linked short stories about gay cousins in the 70s, 80s and 90s

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John Waters, Carsick

a wild report on our local hero’s cross-country hitchhiking trip

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Mikita Brottman, The Great Grisby

a must for the dog-lover on your list

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Jen Michalski, From Here

short fiction from the popular local fiction writer

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Laura Lippman, After I’m Gone

you can never go wrong with the mystery queen

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Rafael Alvarez, Tales from the Holy Land

short stories set in Highlandtown

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University of Baltimore Professor Marion Winik is the author of "The Big Book of the Dead,” “First Comes Love,” and several other books, and the host of The Weekly Reader on WYPR. Sign up for her...